Improvement in seed-planters



WURTH L FINLAY.

CornV Planter.

No. 26,455. 5 Patented Dec. 13, 1859,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

' WM. II. WORTH AND LEONARD FINLAY, OR CANTON, MIssoURI.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,455ydated December 1 1859. i

ZZ) all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. WORTH and LEONARD FINLAY, both of Canton, in the county of Lewis and State .of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of the oorn-planter, showing the several parts constituting our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, showing the device for dropping the seed.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both iigures.

Arepresents a frame mounted upon wheels B B, the axle of which extends across the frame, the wheels being placed on the inside ofthe frame A.

D represents the draft-pole, which is fixed to the frame A, and may extend across it, as shown by the drawings. Withinthis frame, and between the wheels B B, is a secondary frame;r E, which is hung on the axle C, so as to be allowed a free vertical play independent of the frame A. The frame E supports the drivers seat, and carries on its forward end the seed-planting arrangement, which, by al' lowing it the vertical motion above mentioned, will accommodate itself to the unevenness of the ground, and at the same time can be raised clear from the ground by the driver, as hereinafter` described. The frame E eX- tends out in front and on either side'of the wheels, and carries two seed-hoppers, F F, through which passes laterally a seed-slide, G,

to be operated bya hand-lever, II, so as to deposit the seed in the hollow shoes I I in the following manner: The corn is placed in the hoppers F F, as shown by Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, and motion given to the slide. Y

In `each end of the lever and those portions which play in the hoppers are two holes for measuring the number of grains to be deposited. These alternately receive their charge and pass over the tube J, where it falls down upon an inclined surface ofthe shoes I I and against a gate, L, which prevents it from immediately leaving the shoe. The scrapers M serve to shut ofi the seed from the seed-cups when they pass over the depositing-tube J.

A plate, N, is` fixed to the seed-slide G, haI ing a right-angular or curved slot, a, (show by Fig. 1,) which receives a pin projeotin from the end ofthe vertical gate L, andasth slide G..Inoves` back and forth, the gates r1 ceive a vertical motion and deposit the see previously dropped in the shoe into the dril When the seed-cups are over the tubes drol ping the seed into'tleshoes I I, the slotte plate N is 'so arranged that the gate will b closed, andwhen a seed-cup leaves thetub the gate is raised, and so on the operation co1 tinues, the gate being alternately raised whe the seed-tube is closed and closed when th seed-tube is open. In this Inanuer the seed dropped into the drill from the heel of th shoe, the dropping taking place immediatel the gate israised. l

In front of the shoes I I, and hung upo frame E, are rot-ary cutters or colters K IS which swell -out toward their axes like tw cones placed together. These precede th shoes and` assistmaterially. in preparing th ground for the reception of the seed. Afte the seed has beendeposited the wheels B act as coverers, at the same time pressingth earth around the seed. L is the' drivers sea placed upon` the frame E, so that the drive sits astride of it. The seat projects out b1 hind `a sufficient distance,so that when he d( sires to raise the front end of the frame b moving to the rear part of the seathis w'eigl will be suiiicient to raise and keep the `froI" end ofthe frame elevated while the machin is turning round. I

M is a seat placed upon the tongue D fc the person who attendsA to the dropping of th corn.

What we claim as new, and desire to scour by Letters Patent, is.- A

The arrangement of the longitudinally-mo\ ing slotted plate N, vertical gate L, slidin bar G, operating-lever H, shoes I, and rotar colters K, as and for the purpose herein show and described. I r` WILLIAM II. WORTH. LEONARD FINLAY. p

Witnesses:

S. II. MOKIM, GHAs. SOWARD. 

